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Top Songs of 1942


1941 <-1942-> 1943

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1.1942
Moonlight Cocktail by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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317
US ✫1[Bluebird 11401]
written by Kim Gannon & Lucky Roberts
2.1942
(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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301
US ✫1[Victor 27934]
written by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
3.11/1942
There Are Such Things by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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293
US ✫1
US R&B 2
vocals by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
written by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer & George W. Meyer
4.10/1942
White Christmas by Bing Crosby 

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291
US ✫1
US R&B ✫1
[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1942]
[Decca 23778]
written by Irving Berlin
5.12/1942
I Had the Craziest Dream by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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285
US ✫1
US R&B 4
vocals by Helen Forrest
[Columbia 36659]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
6.04/1942
Sleepy Lagoon by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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263
US ✫1written by Eric Coates & Jack Lawrence
7.04/1942
Tangerine by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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261
US ✫1vocals by Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
written by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
8.07/1942
Jingle Jangle Jingle by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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260
US ✫1vocals by Harry Babbitt
written by Frank Loesser & Joseph J. Lilley
9.01/1942
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) by Woody Herman and His Orchestra 

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259
US ✫1written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
10.1942
A String of Pearls by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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255
US ✫1[Bluebird 11382]
written by Jerry Gray
11.1942
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone else But Me) by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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253
US ✫1[Bluebird 11474]
written by Charles Tobias (as Charlie Tobias), Lew Brown & Sam Stept
12.04/1942
Who Wouldn't Love You by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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223
US 2
13.04/1942
Jersey Bounce by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 

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222
US 2written by Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater & Buddy Feyne (as Robert B. Wright)
14.1942
Serenade in Blue by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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221
US 2[Victor 27935]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
15.10/1942
When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) by Vaughn Monroe 

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220
US 2
16.10/1942
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition! by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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219
US 2vocals by the Glee Club
written by Frank Loesser
17.02/1942
I Don't Want to Walk without You by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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219
US 2vocals by Helen Forrest
written by Jule Styne & Frank Loesser
18.09/1942
My Devotion by Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra 

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218
US 2
19.08/1942
He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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218
US 2vocals by Harry Babbitt
20.01/1942
I Said No! by Alvino Rey and His Orchestra 

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217
US 2
21.11/1942
Mister Five by Five by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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217
US 2vocals by Helen Forrest
22.10/1942
Der Fuehrer's Face by Spike Jones and His City Slickers 

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199
US 3vocals by Carl Grayson
23.07/1942
Just As Though You Were Here by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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199
US 3vocals by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
24.02/1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas by Alvino Rey and His Orchestra 

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199
US 3vocals by bill schallen & skeets herfurt
written by Don Swander & June Hershey
25.09/1942
I Left My Heart At the Stage Door Canteen by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 

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198
US 3vocals by Don Cornell
26.03/1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas by Bing Crosby 

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198
US 3[Decca 4162]
written by Don Swander & June Hershey
27.01/1942
Remember Pearl Harbor by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 

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197
US 3vocals by the Glee Club
28.06/1942
One Dozen Roses by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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190
US 4vocals by Jimmy Saunders
written by Walter Donovan, Dick Jurgens, Al Lewis & Country Washburne
29.07/1942
Jingle Jangle Jingle by The Merry Macs 

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189
US 4written by Frank Loesser & Joseph J. Lilley
30.02/1942
Blues in the Night by Dinah Shore 

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188
US 4[Bluebird 11436]
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
31.02/1942
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (Parts 1 & 2) by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 

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187
US 4written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
32.08/1942
Idaho by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 

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186
US 4vocals by Dick Haymes
written by Jesse A. Stone
33.09/1942
Amen by Abe Lyman and His Californians 

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186
US 4vocals by Rose Blane
34.04/1942
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Russ Morgan 

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179
US 5
35.03/1942
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 

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178
US 5vocals by Peggy Lee
36.08/1942
Strictly Instrumental by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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177
US 5
37.09/1942
My Devotion by Vaughn Monroe 

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175
US 5
38.09/1942
Amen by Woody Herman and His Orchestra 

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175
US 5
39.09/1942
Take Me by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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175
US 5vocals by Frank Sinatra
40.10/1942
Strip Polka by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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175
US 5vocals by Jack Martin & the Glee Club
written by Johnny Mercer
41.1942
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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168
US 6[Bluebird 11397]
written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton
42.10/1942
Strip Polka by The Andrews Sisters 

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165
US 6written by Johnny Mercer
43.12/1942
Mr. Five by Five by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra 

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161
US 10
US R&B ✫1
44.1942
Sweet Eloise by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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161
US 7[Bluebird 27879]
45.1942
Skylark by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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160
US 7[Bluebird 11462]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer
46.1942
Juke Box Saturday Night by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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159
US 7[Victor 1509]
47.1942
Everything I Love by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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159
US 7vocal by Ray Eberle
[Bluebird 11365]
48.09/1942
Strip Polka by Johnny Mercer 

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157
US 7[Capitol 103]
written by Johnny Mercer
49.08/1942
Cow-Cow Boogie by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra 

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156
US 9
US R&B 6
50.03/1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas by Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights 

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155
US 7written by Don Swander & June Hershey
51.01/1942
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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155
US 7vocals by Harry Babbitt
written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton
52.06/1942
One Dozen Roses by Dinah Shore 

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145
US 8[Victor 27881]
written by Walter Donovan, Dick Jurgens, Al Lewis & Country Washburne
53.11/1942
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition! by The Merry Macs 

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144
US 8written by Frank Loesser
54.03/1942
Miss You by Dinah Shore 

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144
US 8[Victor 11322]
written by Charles Tobias, Henry Tobias & Harry Tobias
55.02/1942
Rose O'Day (The Filla-Ga-Dusha Song) by Kate Smith 

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144
US 8
56.06/1942
One Dozen Roses by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra 

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144
US 8vocals by Pee Wee Hunt
written by Walter Donovan, Dick Jurgens, Al Lewis & Country Washburne
57.06/1942
Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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144
US 8written by Al Goodhart & Kay Twomey
58.01/1942
This Is No Laughing Matter by Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra 

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143
US 8vocals by Garry Stevens & the Stardusters
written by Buddy Kaye & Al Frisch
59.09/1942
Strip Polka by Alvino Rey and His Orchestra 

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143
US 8vocals by the Four King Sisters
written by Johnny Mercer
60.09/1942
I Left My Heart At the Stage Door Canteen by Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra 

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143
US 8
61.01/1942
Tonight We Love by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra 

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143
US 8vocals by Clyde Rogers
62.03/1942
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) by Cab Calloway 

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143
US 8as Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
dizzy gillespie on trumpet
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
63.03/1942
A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal) by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 

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143
US 8vocals by Sully Mason
64.1942
At Last by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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141
US 9[Victor 27934]
written by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
65.06/1942
Miss You by Bing Crosby 

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137
US 9[Decca 4183]
written by Charles Tobias, Henry Tobias & Harry Tobias
66.04/1942
I Don't Want to Walk without You by Bing Crosby 

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137
US 9[Decca 4184]
written by Jule Styne & Frank Loesser
67.11/1942
Manhattan Serenade by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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137
US 9vocals by Helen Forrest
written by Louis Alter & Harold Adamson
68.06/1942
Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 

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137
US 9vocals by Kenny Gardner
written by Al Goodhart & Kay Twomey
69.06/1942
Jersey Bounce by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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137
US 9written by Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater & Buddy Feyne (as Robert B. Wright)
70.04/1942
I Remember You by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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137
US 9vocals by Bob Eberly; hit for Ada Jones in 1909
written by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger
71.10/1942
He's My Guy by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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137
US 9vocals by Helen Forrest
72.02/1942
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover by Kate Smith 

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137
US 9written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton
73.1942
Always in My Heart by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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133
US 10vocal by Ray Eberle
[Bluebird 11438]
written by Kim Gannon & Manny Lecouna
74.11/1942
Daybreak by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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131
US 10vocals by Frank Sinatra
75.12/1942
Dearly Beloved by Dinah Shore 

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131
US 10[Victor 27970]
76.08/1942
Take Me by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 

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131
US 10vocals by Dick Haymes
77.08/1942
My Devotion by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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131
US 10vocals by Bob Eberly
78.01/1942
I Said No by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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131
US 10vocals by Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
79.12/1942
When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) by Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra 

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106
US 14
US R&B ✫1
vocals by Trevor Bacon
[Decca 18496]
80.12/1942
Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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81
US 17
US R&B 8
vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Ary Barroso & Bob Russell
81.1942
Trav'lin' Light by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra 

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80
US 23
US R&B ✫1
[Capitol 116]
82.09/1942
My Devotion by The Four King Sisters 

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80
US 13
83.09/1942
Be Careful It's My Heart by Bing Crosby 

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78
US 14[Decca 18424]
written by Irving Berlin
84.06/1942
Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland by Kenny Baker 

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77
US 14written by Al Goodhart & Kay Twomey
85.03/1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas by The Merry Macs 

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77
US 14written by Don Swander & June Hershey
86.11/1942
Dearly Beloved by Johnnie Johnston 

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76
US 15[Capitol 120]
87.03/1942
I Don't Want to Walk without You by Dinah Shore 

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75
US 15[Bluebird 11423]
written by Jule Styne & Frank Loesser
88.10/1942
Manhattan Serenade by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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74
US 15vocals by Jo Stafford
written by Louis Alter & Harold Adamson
89.08/1942
Be Careful, It's My Heart by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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74
US 15vocals by Frank Sinatra
90.1942
American Patrol by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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74
US 15[Victor 27873]
91.1942
The Story of a Starry Night by The Glenn Miller Orchestra 

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74
US 15[Bluebird 14462]
92.08/1942
Idaho by Alvino Rey and His Orchestra 

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70
US 16written by Jesse A. Stone
93.01/1942
(There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 

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70
US 16vocals by Arthur Wright and Choir
written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton
94.05/1942
Skylark by Harry James and His Orchestra 

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69
US 16vocals by Helen Forrest
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer
95.02/1942
How About You? by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 

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69
US 16vocals by Frank Sinatra
96.05/1942
By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon by Ray Noble and His Orchestra 

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69
US 16vocals by Snooky Lanson
written by Gus Edwards & Edward Madden
97.12/1942
A Touch of Texas by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra 

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69
US 16vocals by Eddie Stone & Glenn Hughes
98.11/1942
White Christmas by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 

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69
US 16vocals by Bob Carroll
written by Irving Berlin
99.06/1942
Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra 

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69
US 16vocals by Clyde Rogers
written by Al Goodhart & Kay Twomey
100.05/1942
Tangerine by Vaughn Monroe 

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68
US 16written by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
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